kitchen-sinking

noun
/ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/UK/ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/US

Etymology

From kitchen sink (noun) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the acts of doing things), referring to terms like everything but the kitchen sink and throw the kitchen sink at. The term is attested earlier than kitchen sink (verb).

  1. derived from *sengʷ-
  2. derived from *sinkwaną
  3. derived from *sinkwan
  4. derived from sincan
  5. inherited from synken
  6. compounded as kitchen sink — “kitchen + sink
  7. formed as kitchen-sinking — “kitchen sink + -ing

Definitions

  1. The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.

  2. The act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial…

    The act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA